We have lift off! Don’t let your dreams go up in smokes.

Welcome to the blog for the “Don’t let your dreams go up in smokes” campaign!

The campaign is all about young people believing in themselves to achieve their dreams. We want to help spread the word that smoking is not fun or cool – and that cigarettes are not part of our culture. We’re proud of our community and we want to work together to make our mob’s future smoke free.

We’re not interested in lecturing you – most people already know that smokes cause terrible cancer and disease later in life. But we want to give you the facts about how smoking can affect you right now.

Smoking causes damage to your body every time you have a smoke – and it affects your performance in sport, dance, your singing voice – it even changes your brain.

And even though lots of people think smoking helps them deal with stress, taking up smokes actually causes more stress than ever as you get addicted and your money goes into the pockets of very rich people who own tobacco companies. Most people are trying to get off the smokes almost as soon as they start, and it only gets harder the longer you smoke.

Instead of sharing cigarettes, we want to help young people like you get involved in fun and healthy activities, set goals, and to find your passion or dream to chase. We want to hear from you about why you wouldn’t smoke and how you think smoking will affect your dreams – now and in the future.

At Nunk we believe that the most important thing is our family and our community that help us stay strong. We can learn from our family and elders, but we also know that we have a lot to learn from young people – people like you who will lead the change to help our mob be smoke free and live healthy lives.

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Have joined us to build a strong, healthy future for our community.

Thanks for helping us build a strong, healthy future for our community.

About Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc.

Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia was initiated in the 1960s by the late Mrs Gladys Elphick, who founded the Council of Aboriginal Women of SA, one of the first Aboriginal organisations in South Australia.

First incorporated in 1971, Nunkuwarrin Yunti has evolved from the Aboriginal Cultural Centre, the Aboriginal Community Centre of South Australia, and the Aboriginal Community Recreation and Health Services Centre of South Australia.

Our name was adopted from the dialects of the two largest clans in the southern region - Ngarrindjeri and Narungga to represent the community, the services and the spirit in which they are provided.

Nunkuwarrin Yunti means 'Working Together – Doing Right Together' and proclaims our belief of one community sharing a united vision for the future.

This simple belief has seen Nunkuwarrin Yunti at the forefront of initiatives to improve the health, life expectancy and lifestyle prospects for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Acknowledgement of Country

We would like to acknowledge this land that we meet on today which is the traditional land for Kaurna people, and that we respect their spiritual relationships with their country.
We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.
We would also like to extend that respect to other Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who are present.
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Throughout the website the term Aboriginal is used in this context to include people who identify as Aboriginal, people who identify as Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people who identify as both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. It is also used interchangeably with the term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.